"Your emotions at work aren't fixed, even when they feel completely overwhelming during high-pressure situations. We can change them (with some effort and practice) to improve our performance, enhance our leadership effectiveness, and achieve our career goals. Emotions are not something we should suppress or ignore in professional settings; that's an outdated approach that misses how essential emotional intelligence is to workplace success."
"The easiest way to regulate an emotion like anger is to remove the cues you interpret as angering. This means avoiding situations and people you code as triggering, for example, spending less time on social media, keeping your distance from your boss toward the end of the quarter, and avoiding that one vegan who won't stop talking about doing CrossFit."
Emotions at work are mutable and can be changed with effort and practice to improve performance, leadership effectiveness, and career outcomes. Emotional intelligence is essential in professional settings, and emotions should not simply be suppressed or subordinated to reason; instead, emotions and reason should collaborate carefully. Practical regulation strategies include changing the circumstance to remove triggering cues, for example avoiding certain situations, people, or social media to diminish anger. Removing cues reduces immediate unpleasant emotions but does not alter underlying beliefs and assumptions that generate those emotions. When reactions are too heated or escape is impossible, distraction and other skills provide alternative regulation options.
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